{"id":9555,"date":"2026-03-31T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9555"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:00:28","slug":"romanian-train-sets-new-average-speed-record-of-125-km-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=9555","title":{"rendered":"Romanian train sets new average speed record of 125 km\/h"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Romanian train has set a new speed record on the Sighi\u0219oara\u2013Simeria railway section, covering 169 kilometres in 81 minutes, achieving an average speed of 125 km\/h, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediafax.ro\/economic\/record-de-viteza-stabilit-pe-un-tronson-de-cale-ferata-din-romania-23712317?mc_cid=14617abf0d&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Mediafax<\/a> reported, citing Pro Infrastructura Association.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives of Pro Infrastructura highlighted the improvement over past services: \u201cA modern electric train takes 81 minutes between Simeria and Sighi\u0219oara, being about 38% faster than the trains from 1995.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The route previously required 130 minutes in the benchmark year, before modernisation works were undertaken.<\/p>\n<p>The journey included three stops, and the association noted that further improvements remain possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The previous record for the section was set in June 2023, when a Dacia train covered the distance in 96 minutes, reaching a maximum speed of 150 km\/h.<\/p>\n<p>Pro Infrastructura described the achievement as a \u201cglimmer of hope in a sea of frustration on the railway,\u201d emphasising the benefits of modernising Romania\u2019s rail infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Mariusika11\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Romanian train has set a new speed record on the Sighi\u0219oara\u2013Simeria railway section, covering 169 kilometres in 81 minutes, achieving an average speed of 125 km\/h, Mediafax reported, citing Pro Infrastructura Association. Representatives of Pro Infrastructura highlighted the improvement over past services: \u201cA modern electric train takes 81 minutes between Simeria and Sighi\u0219oara, being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}